Plate 140. 



CYPRIPEDIUM FAIRIEANUM. 



Mr. Fairie's Lackjs Slipper 



Gen. Char. [Vide supra, Plate 123.) 



Ctppjpedium Fairieanum ; foliis loriformibus concoloribus apice obliquis apiculatis, scapo piloso, 



" " ovario glanduloso-piloso, sepalis glandnloso-pilosis dorsali 



brevi 



erecto subrotundo apice recurvo antico breviore concavo oblongo obtusissimo, petalls lancco- 



crispis et basi intus fimbriatis, labello sepalo antico 



margme 



duplo longiore glabro oblongo basi convoluto, stamine sterili lunato, proboscideo pilose mar- 

 gine antico utrinque unidentato. Lindl. 



Fairieanum 



740 c. Bot. Mag 



This charming plant was first flowered by Mr. Reid, of Burnham, Soinersct.lnro 

 (from whose specimens the drawing was taken), and shortly afterwards by Mr. Fal^ker, 

 of the Hornsey Nursery. In both cases the plants were obtained at a sale of OrcluUs 

 from Assam, at Stevens's Rooms. The same plant was exhibited at the Exhibition o 

 the Horticultural Society, in Willis's Rooms, by Mr. Fairie, of Liverpool (after whom 

 it is named), and from which Dr. Lindley drew up his description above quoted, 

 is," says Dr. Lindley, «an exquisitely beautiful species in the way of C^prq^edium jn-^ 

 signe, than which the flowers are much smaller. It seems nearest to 6. ^"^^^^''^ 

 Reichenbach, but is much smaller in every part, has no warts on the involute si 

 the lip, is quite differently coloured, and has a long proboscis-like appendage an.ng 

 from the middle of the concave side of the crescent-shaped sterile «tame " ^^^ 

 blossoms are certainly amongst the most exquisitely coloured and pencmc^dm y^^ 

 the ffenus. It flowers in the later autumn months, and is managed as rca 



other members of this iustly popular family. ««Qnito 



r...... o.„„_,___ ^ x^l.i „:„:„„ Au^..a. from the root in a somewhat d^T^^'^ 



DesjCr. Stemless. Leaves risin^: directly from 



distichous or poin 



oblon":-strap-shapcd 



the bases carinate and equitant. Scape longer than 



the 



ful, arising fr< 



downy, singlc-flowered. Flower large, extremely bcautitui, au. t ^^^ ^^^,.^,j,„^i,^ 

 sheathing, acute, yvooWj bract, which embraces the ^^'^^^ ^'1^^^^^ ^^'^,^ spreading, 

 elongated, glanduloso-pilose, somewhat fusiform ^"^^^'^'^ ^^. beautifully veined 

 dorsal or superior sepal very large, cordiform, pale grcenlsll-^^ 



